Panchang (Vedic calendar of the day)
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine 50.45° N, 30.52° E Europe/Kyiv
Five elements
From sunrise at 06:47 to sunrise at 06:48, 25 September
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Tithi
Each 12° by which the Moon moves ahead of the Sun. A lunar month has 30 tithis.
- Shukla Trayodashi until
- then Shukla Chaturdashi until
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Vara
The day of the week. In the panchang it runs from sunrise to sunrise.
- Guruwara Thursday until
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Nakshatra
One of the 27 parts of the ecliptic, 13°20′ each: the one the Moon is in.
- Dhanishtha until
- then Shatabhisha until
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Yoga
The sum of the longitudes of the Sun and the Moon, divided into 27 parts of 13°20′.
- Dhriti until
- then Shula until
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Karana
Half a tithi: 6° of separation between the Moon and the Sun. A lunar month has 60 karanas.
- Kaulava until
- then Taitila until
- then Garaja until
Periods of the day
Rahu Kalam, Yamaganda and Gulikai Kalam each take one of eight equal parts of daylight; which one depends on the day of the week. Abhijit lasts 1/15 of daylight, and its middle falls at the middle of the day.
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Yamaganda
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Gulikai Kalam
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Abhijit
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Rahu Kalam
How it was calculated
- Swiss Ephemeris, sidereal zodiac, Lahiri Ayanamsha
- Rising and setting: upper limb of the disc, with refraction, as in Drik Panchang
- Panchang day: from sunrise to the next sunrise
- Lunar days: the first from new moon to moonrise, then from moonrise to moonrise
- Time: Europe/Kyiv, offset UTC+3